Thanks for this news. What are the date and place of the conference? Did not see the info on the CASSUK site. TIA... Don
--- In [email protected], "caassuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > African Language Conference > > > City College and Cameroon Advice and Support Services UK celebrates > this year¡¦s theme¡XAfrican Languages: Diversity, participation, > dialogue¡Xwhich ties closely to UNESCO¡¦s commitment in ¡§Education in > a Multilingual World,¡¨ UNESCO Education Position Paper, 2003, ¡§In > the field of language and education, the recent reports and > recommendations of the International Conference on Education (ICE) > have emphasized the importance of mother tongue instruction at the > beginning of formal education for pedagogical, social, and cultural > considerations.¡¨ (International Conference on Education 46th Session > 2001: final report, p. 11.). CAASS UK will work in partnership with > City College to serve the lesser-known African language communities > in Birmingham by documenting them through linguistic research and > encouraging the development of multilingual education programs. > > We believe that the use of African national languages in British > education system would benefit students, parents, teachers, and the > community as a whole. CAASS UK and City College also supports mother > tongue instruction and seeks to work in collaboration with others to > improve educational quality. > > > Aims > > Inconggruity for Africans to continue expressing them selves through > non African languages ¡§emphasised the urgent need ¡§to appropriate > African languages in primary, secondary schools, colleges and > universities as a strength for social and economic development > > > Objectives > > X Create a highway of African Multilingual information; > X Create a vocational training session for African language > data through workshops, conferences, festivals etc; > X Encourage educational instutution to set up a true > linguistic policy with the introduction of african language into the > educational system > > > > For Further information or to join our free mailing list, please > contact Frederick Ebot Ashu, Development Director, CAASS UK, 82 > Finchley Road, Kingstanding, > Birmingham, B44 OJH, Tel: 0121 2497755, Mobile: 07720431026, > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > www.caassuk.org > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0It09A/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/TpIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
